Senior Business Analyst

South African Reserve Bank; Pretoria; On-site; ZAR 300,000 - 400,000; Full time

Job summary

A major financial institution is looking for a Senior Business Analyst to lead business analysis services, identify improvement opportunities in organisational processes, and engage with stakeholders. The ideal candidate will have an Honours degree, relevant certifications, and at least 8 years of experience in business analysis. Familiarity with banking and tools like ADONIS is an added advantage. This role promises a competitive salary and a vibrant workplace environment.

Qualifications

• 8 years' business analysis experience required.
• Experience in banking is advantageous.
• ADONIS experience is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Develop comprehensive business cases for identified business problems.
• Drive business analysis initiatives and lead a team.
• Engage with business owners to define future business requirements.

Skills

Information Technology Governance

Quality Assurance

Business Transformation

Elicitation Techniques

Continuous Improvement

Education

Honours degree in Economics, Finance or IT

Business Analysis diploma/certification

Job description

Job no.: 1179

Job title: Senior Business Analyst

Location: Head Office, Pretoria

Organisation name: Business Enablement Division

Department description: Business Solutions and Technology Department

Brief description

The purpose of this position is to lead end-to-end business analysis services team to identify business needs, determine solutions and enable improvement in organisational processes within South African Reserve Bank’s (SARB) departments.

Detailed description

The successful candidate will be responsible for the following key performance areas:

• Develop comprehensive business cases for proposed solutions to the identified business problems and needs.
• Drive business analysis initiatives and lead a team on projects of a high-risk and multi-year nature characterised by an elevated level of solution complexity, from initiation to implementation.
• Develop a partnership role with business owners and interact with clients independently to define future business requirements, identify opportunities for optimisation and develop and propose solutions.
• Lead and present engagements with business customers, taking responsibility for managing the relationship and interface with the customer for the business analysis and optimisation streams.
• Lead the analysis/solution life cycle for initiatives, from problem identification to the management of change requirements and training.
• Engage in multiple initiatives simultaneously and consult with the relevant project managers and stakeholders.
• Provide quality assurance of the work and outputs of other business analysts.
• Provide substantive input to support other disciplines (e.g. systems development, project management and change management).
• Participate in external industry business analysis forums to contribute to developing and furthering the business analysis body of knowledge.
• Improve and standardise work processes during own work and ensure application of standards and methods are applied by the team.
• Support business architects in defining, analysing and developing the business architecture, reference model, framework and implementation roadmaps required to enable the strategy.
• Stay abreast of changes to analytical tools and methodologies and apply these in the course of own work.
• Actively develop own expertise and support and encourage the skills development of other business analysts to build a strong and competent team.
• Engage and influence stakeholders by negotiating timelines, deliverables, priorities and resources.
• Lead and manage a team of business analysts.

Job requirements

To be considered for this position, candidates must be in possession of:

• an Honours degree in Economics, Finance, Information Technology or an equivalent qualification;
• relevant Business Analysis diploma/certification; and
• eight years’ business analysis experience.

The following would be an added advantage:

• experience in banking or banking services back-office systems;
• ADONIS experience;
• ISO knowledge; and
• agile and waterfall methodology experience.

Additional requirements include:

• knowledge and skill in:

- information technology (IT) governance, risk and compliance;

- continued learning and/or professional development;

- quality assurance;

- continuous improvement;

- business transformation and optimisation;

- elicitation techniques;

- business analysis practices, methodology and tools;

- benefits realisation and testing practices;

• the ability to:

- drive results;

- think strategically;

- manage complexity and ambiguity;

- lead change;

- plan and organise;

- develop and grow others;

- use good judgement and decision-making;

- be resilient;

- impact and influence;

- build and maintain relationships; and

• industry, organisational and business awareness.

How to apply

All interested parties are invited to apply.

Internal applicants MUST apply through the HCM Cloud Solution.

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Shortlisted applicants will be subjected to a psychometric assessment, an appropriate reference check and a security clearance as part of the selection process.

The closing date for applications is 26 August 2025. Late applications will not be considered.

In line with the SARB’s commitment to diversifying its workforce, preference will be given to suitable candidates from designated groups. People with disabilities are welcome to apply.

The SARB offers remuneration and benefits commensurate with the level of the position and in line with the market. The level at which the successful applicant will be appointed will depend on his/her competence and experience.

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